Such Oceans Within
"Don't eat that!"
Kippa glanced over to see what the fuss was about, and immediately regretted it. A charr cub had their tongue out, ready to catch one of her magical ice particles on it, but was now pulling it back in as she was being scolded by what appeared to be her mother. "But Mama-" she started.
"But nothing!" The older charr grabbed her by the arm, maybe too roughly. "Don't you understand that's magic ice? We don't know what it will do if you eat it."
"But someone said it was magic from the commander's friend-" the cub tried again.
"That was enhanced by dragon magic." The mother gave the cub a shake. "I won't have you getting magicked by a dragon! We're better than that! Now come along and stop trying to eat things that aren't good for you."
Kippa watched, tears pricking at her eyes, as the cub trotted after her mother while still reluctantly looking back at the ice crystals hanging in the air, shimmering and perfect. She wanted to scream more than she wanted to cry, wanted to berate that mother for thinking she would ever harm someone's child with her magic. That she ever would harm anyone, period, with it. But another part of her knew, especially after Bangar's stunt, that trying to engage with anyone right now would probably just escalate things more than it would ultimately fix them.
It isn't fair, she thought as she sat down on a nearby rock and rubbed the back of one hand across her eyes to try and stop the tears. I didn't mean to do this. I didn't even ask for this gift! But I can't ever tell anyone that because they'll either think I'm ungrateful or insane. Rhenn would-
She stopped that thought hard, sucking in a breath. If she thought about him still recuperating with Aurene for too long, there definitely would be tears, and she had cried enough.
Lu would understand, or Kudo. Or Iuno. There. That was better. And yet the tears rolled down her cheeks anyways, in spite of her best efforts. So she doubled over and let herself cry, figuring if there were tears left she would be better off to do so.
The crying never seemed to fix anything nowadays, she mused as she dried her face after a few minutes, but it did at least make it feel like her heart didn't weigh so much.
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⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️
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hey cats n kittens
(just wanted to redraw these :3)
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Friendship board #20: Catrat and DJ Catnip
for @determinedowl23
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